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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5363
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section
describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF
program.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5363 |
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LRB093 17038 DRJ 42702 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 4-0.5
as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)
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| Sec. 4-0.5. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program |
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| inoperative
after June 30, 1997. The Aid to Families with |
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| Dependent Children
(AFDC)
Program shall be inoperative after |
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| June 30, 1997.
Under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy |
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| Children Program the
Illinois Department
shall develop an |
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| alternative program of mutual responsibility between the
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| Illinois Department and the client to allow the family to |
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| become
self-sufficient
or employed as quickly as possible |
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| through (i) the provision of
transitional assistance to |
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| families in the form of emergency one-time payments
to prevent |
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| job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or being |
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| trained
for work, or paternity establishment and child support |
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| enforcement or (ii) the
provision for continued work.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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